Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Mint chocolate chip ice cream is a favorite in this house. When upgraded from my broken down manual crank ice cream maker to one with an actual motor was one of the first ice cream recipes I experimented with. This homemade mint chocolate chip is fabulous and always gets devoured quickly. I’ve made it many times over the years as it’s now a family favorite.

This homemade recipe is just as good, if not better, than store bought ice cream. The fact that it’s homemade makes it feel even more special, and of course delicious. My kids love this ice cream (just as much as my Nutella Swirl Cheesecake Ice Cream!) and each time it was gone within the first couple of nights. I just recently made these Butterfinger Ice Cream Sandwiches, and now I want to try chocolate cookies with this mint ice cream to make the ultimate chocolate mint ice cream sandwiches! Needless to say, it doesn’t go unnoticed in this household and I have a feeling it will be the same in yours.

I’ve decided that I prefer ice cream made with a sweetened condensed milk base. It’s not only easy, it doesn’t require eggs or to be cooked, which also means no long chill times in the refrigerator. Just mix, add to the ice cream maker, and freeze. That’s it. So you’ll see a lot of sweetened condensed milk based ice creams on this blog. The egg custards are good, and I know I can make them. That’s all I need to know. Been there, done that, like this way better.

Speaking of extremely delicious ice cream bases, we just made my Freakshakes again the other night and oh my! You guys HAVE to try these extreme milkshakes! Seriously. So. Good. You will never make milkshakes the same way again.

I actually made a completely different recipe the first time I made this, and it turned out my mint extract was a bit expired. So my ice cream tasted like mouthwash. (yum!) However, it’s been perfected now, just make sure you have a current bottle of mint extract! Ha! Now, on with the recipe. I give you dreamy, creamy mint chocolate chip ice cream!

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Amanda Formaro is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years. She is also a craft book author five times over and product developer as well as the owner of FunFamilyCrafts.com. You can find her on social media by using the buttons to the left!

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I found this recipe on Friday and tested it on Sunday evening for an office Ice Cream Social. It was AMAZING!!! It has just the right amount of mint flavor and was the perfect soft green color. I melted mini semisweet morsels for the chocolate and drizzled it in at the very end before sticking in my freezer for a more scoopable firmness. I brought all the ingredients to the office today to make it, and it did not disappoint. I had lots of rave reviews! Seriously some of the best ice cream I have ever had. Thank you! I'm curious as to which brand of sweetened condensed milk you used? As someone who is prediabetic I'd like to cut down on the carbs, and the nutritional info listed above says 6 carbs per serving and I know my brand of condensed milk alone had 22 carbs per serving.

Hi Erica! I believe I used Carnation. I'm actually really glad you asked that question because the nutritional info on this doesn't look correct. I'm going to see about turning off that functionality until i can get it fixed! I'm so glad the recipe was such a hit! We LOVE it here and make it often :)

This brings back happy memories!! The recipe looks simple enough. I know it's rich with the heavy cream and sweet with the condensed milk but a treat that takes a little time to make is worth it. Not just for a holiday but any day.

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